Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

What do we see? The cartoon shows the current Slovenian Minister of the Environment Andrej Vizjak squeezing the testicles of a judge (“sodnik” is the word for ‘judge’ in Slovenian). The cartoon is by Marko Kočevar and first published in the Slovenian daily Delo, on 5...
Owners and pets look alike – Slovenia 2020

Owners and pets look alike – Slovenia 2020

What do we see? This is a promotional photo for Cesar dog food, which appeared internationally in 2006 that echoed the widely held stereotype and assumptions about the similarity of pets to their owners. The photo became a meme (not only in Slovenia) in which the...
Humour in the woke wars – Netherlands 2021

Humour in the woke wars – Netherlands 2021

Source What do we see? This is a still from a video posted by Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen on his Facebook and YouTube channels on 21 July 2021, titled ‘Long live free art!’ (Subtitle: ‘Death to the ideologues.’) In this still, Teeuwen holds up my picture to the camera...
Racist humour – Greece 2021

Racist humour – Greece 2021

Meme (1): Afghan migrants outside the tax office waiting to get a TIN for their investment Meme (2): Shortly in Omonoia Square [i.e. a central square in Athens]! What do we see here? In meme (1), a photo of quarrelling people (perhaps of Asian descent) is transformed...
Funny economics of the Russian Federation 2018

Funny economics of the Russian Federation 2018

Source What do we see? In this cartoon, we see a simple Cartesian graph. A satisfied and slightly overweight Putin, depicted with a big nose, is standing on the horizontal axis of the graph. The upper quadrant of the graph contains a thick red arrow sloping upwards...